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Ms. Smith from Chesapeake, VA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Fresh Start In The First Grade!

Help me give my students a convenient way to organize their things by donating "At-Your-Seat Storage Sacks."

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Smith's classroom raised $580

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are curious bunch of first-graders. They love puzzles, playing outside, and dancing. They are fun and very funny! They have been without a full-time teacher for a long time. I just started as their permanent teacher in December of 2020. They have had a rough year so far and I would like to make it better for them moving forward.

My Project

These materials will be used to help the students in the areas of reading and math. The children love puzzles! So, the word puzzles will allow them to sound out their letters when making three to four letter words. The math puzzles will help them with making their Number sense concepts more concrete. They will be able to find numbers on the 120 chart and mark them. In addition, they can work with the ten frames to master addition and subtraction.

My students have trouble with keeping things organized so their seat sacks will help them have a "home" for folders, notebooks, pencils, and math manipulatives.

Since the children are social distanced at this time, the materials have to be separate and individual. So, the dry erase pockets will come in handy to give each child practice sheets they can reuse for all subjects: reading, writing, and math.

Ms. Smith Portlock Primary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chesapeake, VA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

16 students impacted 15donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ110X - Regular At-Your-Seat Storage Sack 15h x 16 1/4w - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 2 $258.00
GG379 - Reusable Write Wipe Pocket - Set of 30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
HH725X - Math Match-Ups - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
AA651 - Building Math Skills Write Wipe Boards - K-Gr 2 - Set of 30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
GG397 - Vowel Sounds Crossword Puzzles Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
JJ466 - Word Building Puzzles - 3-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
GG187 - Sound-It-Out Blends Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$455.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$492.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.96

Total project goal

$579.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $579.74

14 Donors

-$479.74

Donations toward project cost

-$407.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.96

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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 $0.00

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